Railway wheel replacing and derailing device



Y J. H. COX. RAILWAY WHEEL REPLAClNG AND DERAILING DEVICE.

Patented Mar. 22. 1921.

APPLICATION FILED MIG.5. I920. 1,372,646.

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"Minutemen fil'edniigu'st s, 1920. 'scrnn No.-401,4171

To ollwhom it meg/"concern: uwwn Be -ib lmoizm that lg Jonah H.1Oox a citizeii of the United States"mesiding at Hot I erla'ildvanil- State of @Arkenses; havo ih vented oertaiii new. and u'sefultllmprovemehts 1' in Railway Wheel Repldcihg mnd Deitiiling De'vio'es and I do hereby ileclarei the-:Eollowing to :be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as w il'l bniible 'others skilled in the art tww'hiehit apperuiinsrm miikewand use the sriIne:' LTefer'enoc=J boiiigmhed-gto 2 the "11.600111 partying drawings, and' to the letters and fiigfi Y'BSII pi reference "lilalkd ibheloli, 1 wh ich form a-part-ofthisaspecilicationi ii On object of my lnventi'Qfl -i to provide a. novel"'cor'istru'ctioh hf ca't-rep'lnoing' device which by its )eculiar constrnctioln rnay be media her lig'iltiiiweight Without sacrificing any of its efliciency.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of the character described provided with a portion peculiarly c'onstructed to enga e a railroad rail in a manner to prevent sidewise movement of the device.

Another object is to provide a car replacing device comprising a pair of plates, one of the plates bein of somewhat different construction from the other and the two plates being adapted for use oiie on the left hand railroad rail and the other on the right hand rail; and the plate adapted for use on the left hand rail being also susceptible for use on the right hand rail as a derailing device.

The accompanying drawing clearly discloses the preferred form of my device, like reference characters designating corresponding parts throughout the severe views. Briefly described:

Figure 1 is a collective view in top plan of the pair of car replacing plates shown in operative position upon the right and left hand rails of a railroad track;

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical transverse section elon the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows thereon;

Fig. 3 is a collective view of the car placing plates detached from the rails,

Fig. 4 is a view in top plan of one of plates used as a derailer.

Referring now in detail to the drawing:

My car replacing device co nprises, as indicetecl above, two-car replacing plates des- 1'6- and the rgna'ted'in'the di'awings by the reference numerals 1' and 2. 1

:.-.. Referriug to Fig. l, the railroad rail 3 is' sup'poscd to be'the' right hand rail and the i"1\il 4.-. the leit'handrail, the pistol being adapted for use on' the rail-3nnd the plate 2'on-the' rail4s f I i ia'l akin r up first'indetail theconstruction been: hlatowl, it will "be seen that this plate-is roughlytrianiznlnrin shape and is of; gradually decreasing width from one end thereof to the other. The base of the tri uhpnlar shaped plate is adapted to contact ivith the road b'cd, as shown in Fig. .Q'and is rionsoquently inithe plane of thebuse flanges i oithe rail 3,'suid liaise I width of the plate. Thence the plate curves upward, as' shown at 5, so that all but the being the greatest marginal edge of the base'o'l the plate'isele voted above the road bed. The highest point of the plate 1 is, as shown in Fig. 1, somewhat below the top flange, or tread portion of: the rail 3. One of the longitudinal edges of the plate 1 is upwardly inclined, as shown at 6, said upward inclined portion, or flange 6, being inclined with respect to the remaining longitudinal edge 7 of the plate. hnid upward inclined portion 6 constitutes :1 guide {hinge to direct the car Wheel toward the rail 3 when the car Wheel moves up upon the plate 1 along: the curved portion 5 there of. The flange (3, at the end thereof, adjacent the narrowest portion of the plate, is disposed to one side of the rail 3 when the plate is in operative position upon the rail. The longitudinal edge 7 of the plate is provided with an inverted U-sha ed hook portion 8, adapted to hook over t e rail 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus functioning as a clamp, or clutch, to maintain the plate uirlewise displacement in use. One will of the depending flanges of the said -"-.-;l-.nped portion 8 may be perforated, as :hmrn at 9. fo the purpose of lightness in weight. The flange 6 is doubled upon itself for a portion of its length, as shown at 9', and terminates in a depending flange 10, adapted to bear squarely against the road bed and functioning as a brace. This depending portion 10 is shown in the dotted lines in 3 and in section in Fig. 2, and is provide with a longitudinally extendin forations 1 for the purpose 0 series of per lightening the weight of the structure.

Referri now in detail tothe form of plate 2 use in connection with the left hand rail 4, it will be seen that this plate somewhat resembles the plate 1, but differs therefrom in the respects now to be described.

The plate 2 rises above the rail 4 so as to extend thereover and bear thereagainst, and

is, therefore, somewhat higher than the plate 1.- One side of the plate 2 is rovided with 21 depending flange 12aclapte to bear against one side of the rail 4, as shown in Fig. 2; and is perforated as shown at 13 for the sake of lightness. The plate 2 is also provided with a second depending flange 1-4. parallel with the flange 12 and adapted to bear against the other side of the rail 4.

' The other marginal side of the plate 2 is provided with the upward inclined flange 15, similar to the flange 6 of the plate 1, and this flange 15 terminates at one end thereof at a point above and in.the same vertical plane as the rail'4. This flange 15, like, the

tion of the plates-and will ride upthereon, the car wheelsbeing guided by eontact with the inclined flanges 6 and 15 toward the rails 3 and 4, so that, as the said car wheels leave the flanges'fi and 15 at the high ends thereof they will be in a positionto roll upon the rails 3 and 4, thus replacing the car on said track rails.

The plate 2 may be used, if desired, as a 'derailer and for this purpose is placed on the ri ht hand track 3 as shown in Fig. 4. hat I claim to. e new'is:

1; The combination with a rail embodying a tread, a supporting web, and a base under the web wider than the tread of a unitary pressecl' sheet metal replacer having an inclined surface and a rib conver ing with the rail and downwardly turned integral flanges spaced to embrace the tread and to bear upon the base. a

A replacer composed of sheet material having means for engaging a rail and having an upwardly turned marginal-flange converging with the rail, said flange being composed of thesheet material bent 'upon itself with the edge'extending downwardly as a supporting flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix mysignature.

JOHN H, COX. 

